Forest Manor Health Care Center

  • 145 State Park Road, Blairstown, NJ 07825
  • (908) 459-4128
  • 3.1 ( 7 reviews )
  • Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, and Continuing Care Communities

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3.1 ( 7 Reviews )
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Miss Bev
May 02, 2022
I WOULD NOT SEND MY WORST ENEMY TO THIS FACILITY! It is dirty and smells like urine all the time. Cleaning is not thorough and there is NO hand sanitizer anywhere!!! Floors, fixtures and bathrooms are old, dirty and outdated. Residents are left in bed, shower schedules are not followed due to lack of staffing. My family member has been there for a month and the care is terrible. Staffing is too low, and the food is terrible! There are activities but if you think that handing out donuts is something to do, well the management is mistaken. My family member is bored to tears! Church services on Sundays are cancelled due to lack of staffing? Unacceptable!!! The management is a joke! They yes you to death but nothing gets done. We are currently looking for another facility and filing a formal complaint with the state for lack of senior care.
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nesnook
June 03, 2017
When we first put my mother in Forest Manor, it was much better. However, over 2 1/2 years that she lived there it went downhill, especially with this new administrator. It is a very clean, bright facility, with good recreation for the patients, but they are unable to keep good staff. The turn over rate is terrible and alot of good nurses and aides have left or got fired!! The food is horrible and they do have a dietician, but I am not quite sure of her job responsibilities?! That's right....she designs a healthy looking nutritious meal plan to show Medicare and Medicaid, which most of the people do not eat!! They have NO Low Salt, Diabetic, Low Cholesterol diets....I was told "this is not a hospital" from the kitchen manager!! They can't even get a piece of toast cause it would be cold by the time they got it.....well solve the problem?!! So they would rather spend the money on diabetic meds than give a nutritious diabetic meal?!! They serve pasta almost every day and desserts with every meal, even to the diabetics!! The food is tasteless!! The kitchen is always short staffed and the mother and daughter in the kitchen on evenings.are not nice to deal with......they will give a cool hamburger on a tea plate with nothing else and when asked to reheat it....I heard them say "she's a pain in my ass"!! Plus they cater only to a few women who are with it! The daughter came out to a patient who asked for a cheesebuger and she put down a cheese hamburger pasta dish and said this is your cheeseburger, now eat it....very nasty! I cannot believe how they treat these elderly people, If that was there parent, would they treat them like that?
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Joan730842
November 01, 2016
Forest Manor was very spacious, they had a lock down unit, and they also had in long-term care. They had a very large physical therapy area and a nice outside area. The atmosphere was not quite as homey; it’s sterile, but it still met the needs of the person we need to find a place for.
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Paul833203
September 18, 2016
Forest Manor is not of nice quality. He didn’t like it at all at the beginning, but they have a new chef, and the food is better now.
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I was impressed!
November 10, 2014
What a beautiful facility located off the beaten path. Beautiful scenery, gorgeous courtyard, you just feel so at peace because of the natural surroundings. Definitely a great place to live or rehab. Staff was great, friendly and their was plenty of activities going on. Food was typical, different choices.
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Rochelle1
February 28, 2013
Forest Manor Healthcare Center is an excellent facility. They specializes in long-term dementia and Alzheimer's. They also have a wing for rehabilitation if a person had fallen. The facility was really, really nice. The staff were very attentive, they make sure the patients are cared for. The place is clean, organized, there was enough staff available to take care of the patients. They have a wing dedicated for dementia where people are allowed to walk around. But if they went any further, alarms would go off. And then another wing for severe Alzheimer's patients that was securely locked down so they couldn't get out and wander. They just spent millions of dollars on a renovation. So it's fairly new.
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twelvethirtyfr
August 25, 2012
I believe this assisted living provider is one of the best available today, simply due to the staff alone. They truly, honestly care for those who are staying with them. It is clean, well kept, and very smoothly run. There's not many bad things I can say about Forest Manor. Some of the ameneties seem a little 'stingy'- old beds, small TV's, but nothing out of the ordinary for a nursing home. Very friendly staff and always helpful in even the worst situations. Would definitely recommend them!
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